Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue encouraging through knowledge a natural balance

 

Water is needed for all life and a water feature is a sure way to attract any wildlife. From a bird bath to a carefully planned pond the choice is limitless.

You can plan the plants and design of your garden for maximum enjoyment for your family and our native wildlife and have your own mini game park.

It's not just as simple as letting your garden overgrow. We are always willing to advise and help encourage our wildlife in any situation. We can give advice on any project that is designed for harmony with nature.

Wildlife gardens look 100% natural and attract all types of wildlife

 

We have 17 species of bats in the UK and all of them eat insects. They consume tons of them from spring to autumn. If you grow flowers that attract a range of creepy crawlies into your garden you can become a feeding station for a multitude of wildlife such as bats and birds and nature foots the bill. Your garden can be a true wildlife garden. (bats and gardens)

 

Whatever style you have you can encourage wildlife without compromise. All good wildlife gardens start with insects. The animals and birds that eat the insects are preyed on by larger wildlife and so on up the food chain. We can even help you build a synthetic badger set to attract badgers. There is no limit to the possibilities .

Bring back our wildlife and start with your own garden.

An unused area springs to life by attracting all creatures especially the two legged variety. It's safe and accessible for children of all ages, easy to maintain and stunning.

Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue will give free advice and support to schools intending to create their own wildlife garden. 

 

For a complete commercial package and a complete installation service for wildlife gardens see our sponsor's site www.harperasprey.co.uk and visit the School Projects link.

 

OUTDOOR EDUCATION AREA

 

Outdoor education and play serve to enhance a child’s learning and provide not only educational but also social benefits. The sense of ownership that children gain from being responsible for their wildlife garden can be extremely beneficial and can have a marked effect on children’s attitudes to school, themselves, other people and their surroundings.

It may be the first opportunity that a child has had to care for plants and animals in their natural surroundings. A garden encourages a sense of maturity and ownership through joint endeavour and working with the community. In many urban environments, involving children in creating areas and landscapes actually reduces vandalism.

 

The addition of a wildlife garden to your school also greatly enriches the study of the National Curriculum and subjects that can be studied in the outdoor environment include science, history, maths and English.

A wildlife garden can be used as an additional classroom and any subject can be studied in the relative calm and quiet gardens can induce.

 

There are many benefits of having a wildlife garden in your grounds for both pupils and staff.

 

 

THE BENEFITS OF SCHOOL WILDLIFE GARDENS

 

• Great resource for outdoor education and nature clubs
• Curriculum opportunities
• Valuable for wildlife especially in an urban area
• Gives children opportunities to have direct contact with nature
• Celebrate the importance of school grounds on National School Grounds Day, usually the first Friday in May
• Regarded positively in Ofsted Inspections

Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue will give free advice and support to schools intending to create their own wildlife garden. For more details email us at info@harperaspreywildliferescue.

 

For a complete commercial package and a complete installation service for wildlife gardens see our sponsor's site, www.harperasprey.co.uk, and visit the School Projects.

why we do it

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance on the beach, and so he walked faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean READ MORE

 

How we started

 

Whilst out walking with my dog in the early 1980's I found a small hedgehog stuck in a fence. He was too fat to go through and his prickles wouldn't let him go back.

He had been pushing so long in an attempt to free himself that the wire had cut into his body and his leg was bleeding where he had pushed and pushed against the ground. I had in my handbag a pair of pliers (no surprise to anyone who knows me) I cut the wire and removed the hedgehog READ MORE

 

 

Shopping on-line with Amazon

 

If you shop with Amazon please use our link. For every pound you spend Amazon will donate money to us. Just click on the link and shop as normal. You pay and buy through amazon and have all your consumer rights. By using our link Amazon sends us a tiny percentage of your purchase without affecting the cost to you. Every little helps.

Amazon has an incredible diversity of products to suit every person for every occasion and just about every need. So please think about shopping with them and helping us.

The link for Amazon can be found on most of the pages on this site and is below. Just click onto the link and you are straight into Amazon.

 

 

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